Barbara Hershey
Boxcar Bertha
Based on "Sister of the Road," the fictionalized autobiography of radical and transient Bertha Thompson as written by physician Dr. Ben L. Reitman, 'Boxcar' Bertha Thompson, a woman labor organizer in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30's meets up with rabble-rousing union man 'Big' Bill Shelly and they team up to fight the corrupt railroad establishment and she is eventually sucked into a life of crime with him.
Boxcar Bertha
Big Bill Shelly
Rake Brown
Von Morton
H. Buckram Sartoris
McIver #1
McIver #2
Harvey Hall
Joe Cox
Mrs. Mailler
Tillie Parr
Brothel Client (uncredited) / Director / Editor
Sheriff (uncredited)
Boxcar Tough (uncredited)
Brothel Client (uncredited)
Screenplay
Screenplay
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Executive Producer
Executive Producer
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